We were fortunate enough to get seats at the bar on a Friday night before the Eugene Marathon. The…read morerestaurant is a bit hard to find and is tucked behind the building Google will take you to. The bar has 4 seats and there are perhaps 20 tables in Placido's. It's a bit tight and quite busy as it appeared every employee was performing multiple roles. The service was polite and prompt. We ordered smoked chicken ravioli and chicken piccata. The smoked Chicken ravioli was unique, but quite good. The smoky flavor shined through. The chicken piccata was loosely a chicken piccata. Still very good, but with some additions to the traditional expectation of a chicken piccata. It was a good pasta dish overall.

We have a new date night place! Let me walk you through it…read moredinner. You'll wanna pay attention - I am just that clever and insightful. :) - The server greeted us. She's friendly and genuine. Good start - Focaccia arrives with a very zesty marinara. Nice - The Caesar salad arrives. Decent is the word but lacking any tang from lemon or vinegar. - Hubby's strawberry drop is yummy and kind of stiff. - Pastas come. My Alfredo is very good. It's tan (not Olive Garden white) with flecks of herbal green. I wanna say maybe sage, but that doesn't sound right. - Hubby's carbonara is very, very good. It's traditionally made with guanciale and this might just be that. - I want to add that the ambiance here is warm and inviting. The simple wood tables make it look comfortable. The soft hanging lamps and fairy lights make things warm and romantic. Why has it been so long for us? We will definitely be back.

All I can say is WOW. In town for business and had a fantastic experience there with my…read morecolleagues. Eugene is very lucky to have a place like this cause there's not many in the country. A Naples trained Pizzaiolo. We ordered a wide variety of dishes, including salad DOP, Calabrian Pizza, gnocchi, Bucatini, cannolis, suppli, meatballs and a unique dish of fried olives, all of which were outstanding. Every dish was excellent, and the service was very fast. I highly recommend and I would visit often if I lived locally. Well Done!

Wow! This food is insanely delicious! As we knew that we would be passing through Eugene yesterday,…read moreI started looking up restaurants. I was enticed by the pictures of fresh salads and wood fired pizzas. We ended up getting a few pizzas, a couple different pastas. They were all so flavorful (not salty) the texture of the gnocchi was so soft and absorbed the flavorful sauce. We were all blown away. We used QR to order, and were advised to order in waves. Drinks first. Everything came out promptly, even though the restaurant was pretty full. The last few days we ate at some incredible restaurants. Cold Springs Tavern in Santa Barbara, Nepenthe in Big Sur, then we come to Osteria DOP and all agreed the food here was unmatched. The best. For driving many hours, I liked that the atmosphere was casual, but it still looked modern and nice.

Fantastic little secret of Eugene... charming location with a fantastic ambience once you are…read moreinside Sebastian, Jade, Chris, and the entire staff, including the chef with the King Estate Hat will serenade you for the evening I recommend you ask for the specials of the evening and enjoy

I'm no foodie or food snob, but when food is this bad I must speak out. We were referred here by…read morefriends who raved about this restaurant. I found nothing good to report. 1. Appetizer: Polenta Fritta ($14). 2 small spongy pieces of a nasty tasting concoction. The mushrooms on top were over-seasoned. Neither of us could stand this. 2. Salad: Caesar. ($12). This is not a Caesar salad. Yes, the menu says Green Garlic Dressing, but I expected a Caesar hint. Instead, there was an awful dressing. Additionally, the croutons were hard as rocks. 3. Main Course: Halibut ($44). We have never had worse fish anywhere. It was terribly dry and mostly tasteless (due to being dry). I'm actually glad the portion was small because I would not have eaten the rest. Had we not been with friends, we would have sent the meal back. Given the prices, our expectations were high. They were not close to be met.

Some places try to impress you. Mozzi's doesn't have to it already did, decades ago…read more This spot has been holding it down in Eugene since the 1970s, and walking in feels like stepping into a time capsule that actually works. Not outdated it's dialed. No gimmicks, no nonsense just consistency that hits every single time. Now let me get this straight the calzones here? Hands down, some of the best I've ever had. Packed right, cooked right, everything balanced the way it should be. This isn't some rushed, thrown-together side item this is the kind of dish that makes you stop mid-bite and go, "Yeah... this is why this place is still around." I'll be honest, I read a few reviews beforehand and thought, "Did something change?" Nope. Walked in and it was exactly what I hoped for. Same classic feel, same solid food, same dependable experience. That's the beauty of Mozzi's it doesn't chase trends, it outlasts them. Value? Strong. Ambiance? Classic, comfortable, no-frills in the best way. Service? Locked in. Friendly, efficient, and they know what they're doing. This is the kind of place families grow up on. Team dinners, birthdays, random weeknights that turn into memories it's all baked into the walls. You don't stay in business this long without doing something very right. So let me make this real simple: If you're looking for an Italian restaurant in Eugene this is the place. Don't overthink it. Just go.

This restaurant has been around for a while, but it was my first time visiting. The parking lot is…read morepretty small, so we had to park in a nearby lot and walk over. We went on a Saturday night, so we expected it to be busy. The interior design is really cute and it's much more spacious than I originally thought. The food was decent overall. Unfortunately, the service was a bit disappointing. It took quite a while for our food to come out, and the overall experience felt slower than expected. They may have been short-staffed, but it did impact our visit.

Went today! Had a fettuccine alfredo, caesar salad, and a strawberry drink. Family kinda had the…read moresame thing but they had an appetizer too. It was only $75 for 3 people!! Amazinggg quality food. Love the floor tiles and all their lights. Very pretty! Everyone was really nice there too. We didnt have to wait long to get a table and our waiter was really nice. Family and i are planning to go here more. Better than olive garden! Im full and very happy :)). Thanks pastini! 10/10 (also have had this as takeout before and it was really good quality then too. It surprised me. I had it back when i first moved here about 2 years ago. Would order takeout againnn but going to the restaurant was so fun and relaxing)

First time at Pastinis. Stopped in for lunch…read more Service was excellent... seated quickly, and was well taken care of. Ordered the lunch portion of their five cheese meat lasagna with a Caesar salad side. Decent size for lunch, and tasty. Did not seem to have a whole lot of meat in it... my only real complaint. Served in a small dish with fairly high sides, so was a bit difficult to cut with a fork (no knife included). Salad was ok... and the included small bread portion was good. I would eat here again.

This restaurant was the best hands down yummy delicious meal.. great service... pleasant atmosphere…read morejust overall amazing 20 gold stars

We had been trying to get a reservation here for awhile and were finally able to. I know why it was…read morehard to get into now. The bread with the dipping sauce was very good. The steamer clams were so good we had to get more bread to sop up the sauce that was left. Their wine selection is not extensive but what they do offer is very good. The wife ordered the salmon and just loved it. I had the lasagna and was very impressed with it. We will definitely be back.

Note to self and visitors. The parking lot right by the restaurant was almost $5 AN HOUR!!!! Yes,…read more$5 per hour. Unless you are OK in paying an arm and a leg, go for it. I should have looked for street parking. I went on Saturday at 6pm, maybe that's why it was crazy expensive. Gosh, this price was more expensive than parking in Los Angeles. The restaurant was very cute, service was great. Food was very good. However, my lasagna was 1.5" x 4". I guess I got the mini/kids size lasagna. My son got the pepperoni pizza and he liked it. Pizza is pizza, it was good. his roommate got the chicken fettuccine. His portion was very generous and he loved it. We all enjoyed it and I would definitely go here again but not park in their parking lot.

Ambrosia is a cute restaurant right in the center of downtown. I was meeting a friend for dinner…read moreand since I got there a little early I headed to the bar for a drink while I waited. The bartender was very nice and I ordered a scotch. The pour was generous and the price was as expected. Once my friend arrived we were shown our table, given our menus and told the specials. So far it was a nice experience. We settled on our choices and waited for our server to return. It took longer that I would have hoped and the restaurant was not very busy. I ordered the Pasta al Limone, my friend ordered the Butternut Squash and Gorgonzola Ravioli. We were then told they were out of the Ravioli. Would have loved to have known that at the beginning. After a few awkward moments to come up with a second try the Fennel and Sausage Rigatoni was the choice. The food was fine but nothing special. My sauce was thick and not expressing any lemon flavor. The pasta was fine but again nothing to write home about. The same with the rigatoni, all of it was fine but I can get fine at a lot of places. Overall, the ambiance was nice, the service was okay and the food was not completely disappointing. That is about it. I would go back if someone invited me but I will not have this on my list of places to revisit any time soon.

So good! Enjoyed a great Italian dinner after hiking Spencer Butte. Wonderful customer service and…read moresuper friendly! Highly recommend.

Authentic with a twist with each bite was better than the last. The beef carpaccio is the best…read moreI've ever let melt in my mouth, the Caesar salad had so many mouth watering surprises and the rigatoni was just beautiful. The pasta was perfection, the spice on the sausage was perfection, the pesto cream sauce was perfection and the addition of hazelnuts captured all of my senses!! Big big fan!